Quilting device



Patented Sept. 19, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to quilting devices and more particularly to adjustable quilting frames.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a quilting frame equipped with means for readily adjusting the frame members relative to each other to accommodate various size quilts.

Another object of my invention is to provide a quilting device having side frame members Iequipped with means whereby the side frame members may be adjusted relative to each other x during the quilting operation for the purpose of rolling the quilt about one or both of said members in order that the operator may have ready access to the Working area.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the above described character which is simple in construction, easy in operation and durable in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claim and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views:

Fig. l is a top plan view of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on a line 2 2 of Figure l.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of Figure 2 illustrating the corner device in reverse position.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on a line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of one of the corner devices attached to one of the side members and in reverse position.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on a line 6-6 of Figure 1 of one of the side members.

In practicing my invention I employ a pair of side members 'I connected to a pair of cross members 8'by means of corner devices 9 to form a quilting frame,

Each of the members 'I and 8 are fashioned with offset ribs I0 and I0 respectively for reenforcing said members and providing inner and outer later- 5 ally extending flanges Illa and Il lhy respectively, the upper face of said ribs I0 and ID being formed with a plurality of apertures II and II respectively for a purpose hereinafter described, the apertures I I formed in the ribs I0 of the members 8 being fashioned with a plane wall section IIa. Each of the members 'I and B are also fashioned with openings I2 in the inner flanges Illa thereof for the purpose of receiving basting threads for securing the edges of a quilt to the frame.

The corner devices comprise pairs of right and left units and each unit is formed with a housing I3 `fashioned with upper and lower oppositely extending end sectionsV I4 and I4a. terminating in hooks I5 and I5a respectively. The lower section I4a, adjacent the housing I3, is offset to form a fold Mb for engagement with the outer flange Ib of a side member 1, While the housing is fashioned with a downwardly projecting portion I3a and has slidable therein a latch bolt I6, one end of said bolt being formed with a finger piece I'I While the opposite end engages one of the apertures II in a side member I and a similar opening I3b= formed Iin the portion |30, of the housing. The latch bolt I'I has secured therethrougha pin I8, the ends of which support a coil spring I9 interposed between said pin and the Wall of the housing, said spring functioning to maintain the latch bolt within the apertures in the rib I0 and housing heretofore described. From the foregoing it Will be apparent that the corner devices are latched to the member .l and adjustable lengthwise thereon by operation of the bolt I6.

Secured to the end sections I4 and Illa adjacent the hooks I5 and I5a, are locking pins 20 and 20a respectively, the pin 20 extending within one lof the openings II formed in the rib IU. of a cross member 8 while the hook |50, on the oppositely disposed end section I4a, is hooked through another of the apertures I I', the inner folded face of the hook engaging the plane face of the aper- 0 ture.

In operation, the corner devices are adjusted on the side members by manipulating the latch bolts to register With suitable apertures in the ribs IG. The corner devices together with the side members are adjusted on the cross members 8 by positioning the hooks I5a. of the corner devices into suitable apertures II formed in the members 8 and snapping the respective locking pins 2U into posi- `tion in the spaced apertures of the respective members, as clearly illustrated in Figure 2. In .this position of the parts, a quilt is basted to the frame as heretofore described and an operator or operators are enabled to quilt the same over areas adjacent the side members l. When it is necessary to bring an unquilted area of the quilt into operating range, one of the side members is disengaged from the cross members by releasing the locking pins from Within their respective apertures and disengaging the hooks from their respective apertures and rotating the side member in a direction to wind the quilt thereon, at 180. In this position the opposite hooks I5 are engaged Within suitable apertures I I and the opposite loclnng pins 28a snapped into locking engagement with other apertures I I', as illustrated in Figure 3. This operation serves to lessen the distance between the side members and present a new working area next to the adjusted side member. If desired, in the instance where two operators are employed, one working adjacent each side member, the opposite side member may be adjusted in the same manner to present a new operating area of the quilt, Y

What I claim is:

In a quilting device, a frame having side and cross members each formed with spaced apertures,

corner devices securing said side and cross mem' bers together in spaced relation, at least one of said corner devices fashioned with a housing receiving the end of one of said side members, said housing equipped with a spring pressed latch bolt extending within an aperture in said end of the last mentioned side member whereby to permit longitudinal adjustment of the end of said last mentioned side member relative to the housing upon retraction of said latch bolt from said last mentioned aperture, said housing formed with oppositely extending end sections each terminating in a hook, one of said hooks engaging Within an aperture in a cross member whereby to secure the latter to said last mentioned side' member, a locking pin mounted on each of said end sections adjacent their respective hooks and one of said pins extending within another aperture in said last mentioned cross member to lock the latter to said last mentioned side memberrin `a manner whereby disengagement of saidlast mentioned pin and subsequent disengagement of said last mentioned hook from their respective apertures per- `mits said housing together with said last mentioned side member to be inverted to vary the distance between said last mentioned side member and the other side member of said frame and to secure said inverted side member locked to the last mentioned cross member upon engagement of the other hook and pin on the oppositely disposed end section of said housing in adjacent apertures in said last mentioned cross member.

ANTHONY J. BIEKER. 

